@mitu Okay, I know that now. It seems like it would tell you something different than ask for user if the repository was missing or deleted.

Hi, i'll just post the full list of edits that need to be completed, just in case someone stumbles on this thread in the future. #i did the following not through ssh, but with a physical keyboard #enable root user sudo passwd root #logout of the user pi logout #Log back in as root #Rename user pi usermod -l newname pi #Rename the user's home directory usermod -m -d /home/newname newname #Rename group pi groupmod --new-name newname pi #Now logout and log back in as newname #Disable password prompt for sudo cd /etc/sudoers.d/ sudo mv 010_pi-nopasswd 010_newname-nopasswd sudo nano 010_Name-nopasswd # edit the name pi to newname #Double check newname has sudo privileges sudo visudo #Disable Root sudo passwd -l root #fix the getty autologin username or else stuck at boot sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/autologin@.service #search for the following line ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin pi --noclear %I $TERM. #smb.conf has pi user in the share definitions sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf #Change the es_systems.cfg folder paths cd /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/ cp es_systems.cfg es_systems.cfg.pi.bak sudo nano es_systems.cfg #Folder configs and everything below /opt/retropie/configs/ sudo chown -R newname:newname /opt/retropie/configs/ #Paths for game image files also need editing #Look in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/ #check fstab if you have mounted anything sudo nano /etc/fstab # If you installed Drastic all the containing files of /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/ sudo chown -R Name:Name /opt/retropie/emulators/drastic/*